The problems of preserving the emotional well-being of students in the context of digitalization of education

Abstract

In the conditions of modern society, the problems of emotional well-being of students are becoming particularly relevant. This is due to the challenges of the digital society, which include constant updating of information, multitasking activities, continuous stay of users in the digital environment, and others. These risk factors contribute to the emotional distress of the individual, which manifests itself in insufficient formation of emotional intelligence, increased anxiety, and behavioral disorders of students. Prolonged emotional distress in the future can lead to disharmonious personal development of a person and difficulties in his social functioning. Therefore, the formation of emotional well-being is an urgent task of pedagogy and psychology of childhood. The aim of the study is to determine the level of emotional well-being of students in the context of digitalization of education. The diagnosis of problems of emotional well-being was carried out according to the following criteria: the manifestation of emotional intelligence (the method of observation according to M.Y. Mikhailina and Ya.K. Nelyubina); the level of anxiety (G.V. Rezapkina’s testing method «Determining the level of anxiety»); the severity of aggressive behavior (M.A. Panfilova’s projective Cactus technique). The analysis of the data obtained allowed us to identify the following problems of preserving the emotional well-being of students: insufficient level of emotional intelligence, increased anxiety, high degree of aggressive behavior. Based on the identified results, methodological recommendations were developed for teachers and parents to solve these problems. The value of the conducted research consists in determining pedagogical approaches to the formation of emotional well-being of students in the context of digitalization of education, which will ensure the optimization of the introduction of information technologies into the modern educational space. This will lead to the preservation of the emotional well-being of all participants in the educational process.